South Australian filmmaker Brendon Skinner has won the prestigious Beijing Pitching Competition for his film proposal The Pulse, an Australian-Chinese co-production. Brendan was chosen from sixteen emerging filmmakers from China and the Asia Pacific. The Pulse, an adventure superhero film set in Sydney, was conceived with co-director and co-producer Simon Williams.
The Beijing Pitching Competition is part of a film workshop run by the Motion Picture Association (MPA) Asia Pacific and China International Copyright Expo. It brings together the best emerging filmmakers from the Asia Pacific region assisting their careers through building networks and finding potential collaborators in the region.
